Commentators and historians frequently cite Pet Sounds as a concept album —the first of rock music. [32] Author Carys Wyn Jones attribute this to the album's "uniform excellence" rather than a lyrical theme or musical motif. [33] Even though Pet Sounds has a somewhat unified theme in its emotional content, there was not a predetermined narrative. [34] Asher said that there were no conversations between him and Wilson that pertained to any specific album "concept", however, "that's not to say that he didn't have the capacity to steer it in that direction, even unconsciously". [20] Wilson stated: "If you take the Pet Sounds album as a collection of art pieces, each designed to stand alone, yet which belong together, you'll see what I was aiming at. ... It wasn't really a song concept album, or lyrically a concept album; it was really a production concept album." [35] He added that the album may be considered an "interpretation" of Phil Spector 's Wall of Sound recording methods. [36]

The album includes an early country rock track by Furay, "A Child's Claim to Fame." The track "Rock and Roll Woman" allegedly includes vocals by Crosby, who also allegedly had a hand in its composition; whether true or not Stills acknowledges genesis of the song from jamming with Crosby. [13] Young's extended piece " Broken Arrow " begins with a snippet of " Mr. Soul " in possibly a live version and sung by someone other than Neil, possibly drummer Dewey Martin . The back cover of the album includes a lengthy list of people thanked as influence and inspiration; some may be musicians appearing but uncredited. The album is dedicated to Barry Friedman , and listed as a York/Pala production. The album was remastered for compact disc in HDCD and reissued on June 24, 1997.

To me, the afterlife consists of the memories that we leave in the minds and hearts of the people we love. Obviously, we all want to leave a heritage for the world, but it’s given to very few of us to do that. But what one has been to one’s spouse and one’s children, and perhaps one’s students, carries through to countless generations. I don’t believe in immortality except in that sense. My sense of religion has to do with community, with continuity, with going to synagogue and identifying publicly with the Jewish people. Continuity doesn’t mean some shadowy figure of your individual self goes on. It means your work and your love go on.

In 2007, Horn was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville as a member of the Wrecking Crew . While many listeners may not realize it, they are intimately familiar with his flute playing in the original studio recording of " Going Up the Country " by Canned Heat. This widely recognized "hippie anthem", reproduced in the film Woodstock , is known to hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Horn also played flute and saxophone on the Beach Boys ' album Pet Sounds , and also played flute on the Rolling Stones ' album Goats Head Soup . [3] Horn also collaborated with Don Williams on at least two songs and even toured with Williams for two years.

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Janet Conner is an author, soul-community creator, poet, and spiritual field guide. Janet lives in Ozona, Florida, and she is currently writing Express Your Soul’s Beauty , the final book in her series . Visit her online at .